PPE-Info - Standard Details

ASTM International (ASTM)

Title

"Standard Test method for detection of holes in medical gloves"

Description

This test method covers the detection of holes in medical gloves. This test method is limited to the detection of holes that allow water leakage under the conditions of the test.

Standard Type(s)

Test Method

A definitive procedure that produces a test result: Examples of test methods include, but are not limited to: identification, measurement, and evaluation of one or more qualities, characteristics, or properties. A precision and bias statement shall be reported at the end of a test method.

Personal Protective Equipment

Hand and Arm Protection

All equipment and/or accessories (whether or not detachable) designed and manufactured specifically to protect the arm and/or the hand this includes all garments protecting the hand or part of the hand, including gloves, fingerless gloves, mittens, garments protecting the fingers only or the palm only, etc. Potential hazards include skin absorption of harmful substances, chemical or thermal burns, electrical dangers, bruises, abrasions, cuts, punctures, fractures and amputations.

Medical gloves

Hazards

Biological

Biological

SOC Codes

29-0000 Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations

29-1000 Health Diagnosing and Treating Practitioners
- 29-1062 Practitioners, General

Conformity Assessment Notes

Testing procedures required, please see the full standard for complete details.

Comments

No referenced standards.

Testing Laboratories

Bureau Veritas Consumer Products Services Inc. - Buffalo, NY, 14228-1884

Contact

Phone Number: (716) 505-3300
Email: joe.margarucci@us.bureauveritas.com

Accreditations

ISO 17025

Scope of Accreditation

ASTM D5151 - 19 , ASTM D5712 - 15(2020) , ASTM D6124 - 06 (Reapproved) , ASTM F1446 - 20

Akron Rubber Development Laboratory, Inc. - Akron, OH, 44322-1016

Notes

Accredited Gloves Testing Methods ASTM Testing Methods

ASTM D6319 - Standard Specification for Nitrile Examination Gloves for Medical Application
ASTM D6978 - Standard Practice for Assessment of Resistance of Medical Gloves to Permeation by Chemotherapy Drugs
ASTM D7558 - Colorimetric/Spectrophotometric Procedure to Quantify Extractable Chemical Dialkyldithiocarbamate, Thiuram and Mercaptobenzothiazole Accelerators in Natural Rubber Latex and Nitrile Gloves
ASTM D120 — Standard Specification for Rubber Insulating Gloves
ASTM D3577 — Standard Specification for Rubber Surgical Gloves
ASTM D3578 — Standard Specification for Rubber Examination Gloves
ASTM D5151 — Standard Test Method for Detection of Holes in Medical Gloves
ASTM D6124 — Standard Test Method for Residual Powder on Medical Gloves
ASTM D5250 - Standard Specification for Poly (Vinyl Chloride) Gloves for Medical Application
ARDL 2140 - Lubricant Compatibility Testing on Gloves
ASTM D5712 - Analysis of Aqueous Extractable Protein in Latex, Natural Robber and Elastomeric Products Using the Modified Lowry Method
ASTM D6499 - Immunological Measurement of Antigenic Protein in Natural Rubber and Its Products
ASTM F739 — Standard Test Method for Permeation of Liquids and Gases Through Protective Clothing Materials Under Conditions of Continuous Contact
ASTM F1383 - Permeation of Liquids and Gases Through Protective Clothing Materials Under Conditions of Intermittent Contact
ASTM F1670 - Standard Test Method for Resistance of Materials Used in Protective Clothing to Penetration by Synthetic Blood
ASTM F1671/F1671M — Standard Test Method for Resistance of Materials Used in Protective Clothing to Penetration by Blood-Borne Pathogens Using Phi-X174 Bacteriophage Penetration as a Test System
ASTM F903 — Standard Test Method for Resistance of Materials Used in Protective Clothing to Penetration by Liquids
ASTM E96/E96M Water Vapor Transmission of Materials
ASTM D6977 — Standard Specification for Polychloroprene Examination Gloves for medical Application
ASTM D7246 — Standard Test Method for Detection of Holes in Polyethylene Food Service Gloves
ASTM D7329 — Standard Specification for Food Preparation and Food Handling Glove